16GB of RAM is not a lot in workstation applications. I have simulations that use matrices which take 30GB of RAM. This is for one large matrix, where 24 thread

16GB of RAM is not a lot in workstation applications. I have simulations that use matrices which take 30GB of RAM. This is for one large matrix, where 24 threads are accessing different parts of it simultaneously. Your MBP is physically not capable of doing this.